第三届

　　比赛日期：1998年3月13日

　　比赛地点：北京燕莎中心凯宾斯基饭店

　　演讲主题：从东方到西方——如何面对两种文化的冲撞？

冠军：梁励敏，北京外国语大学

　　1998 Session

　　Time: March 13, 1998

　　Venue: Kempinski Hotel Lufthansa Centre, Beijing

　　Topic: The East and the West: Can We Live in two Cultures?

　　Champion: Liang Limin, Beijing Foreign Studies University

　　We live at a critical juncture of our evolution because such problems as ethnic conflicts and regional unrest are increasingly posing a threat to the peace and happiness of the whole human race. To cope with such an era and to embrace an even brighter future, we need to learn to live more harmoniously in a world community which is becoming smaller and smaller.

　　–Excerpt from Liang Limin’s speech

　　第四届

　　比赛日期：1999年3月26日

　　比赛地点：上海静安希尔顿饭店

　　演讲主题：人与自然——寻求一个更为和睦发展的新世纪

冠军：蔡力，南京大学，在1999年国际演讲比赛上获“最佳非英语国家选手奖”

　　1999 Session

　　Time: March 26, 1999

　　Venue: Hilton Hotel, Shanghai

　　Topic: People and Nature – In Search of Harmony in a New Age

　　Champion: Cai Li, Nanjing University

　　What happened to this beautiful valley in Australia should also happen to our Yellow River and, in fact, it is happening. I have seen farmers planting trees on mountains along the Yellow River. I have seen them climb the mountain tops with seedlings on their shoulders because they had no machinery. I have seen them pour on trees the water they carried up in buckets from miles down the valley. These farmers are quietly nourishing our Yellow River, just as the river has nourished them.

　　–Excerpt from Cai Li’s speech